Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
As a media professional and a media watcher – i can’t help but be deeply disappointed & disillusioned by the conduct of the media over the last 5+ years. It is almost as though they have collectively sold out. that disillusionment became anger with…
This morning I read an article that put my life in perspective. Generally I find Arun Shourie tedious to read. While he makes brilliant points, that get me thinking, his writing has never touched me. i find it tough to get past, not…
In my inbox, There is, of course, no mention of this notification from the University Grants Commission (UGC) India –
….Ravanayan by Virendra Mohanty (aka @vimoh) and Vivek Goel (teaser Art from “The Ravanayan”) Ravana is a fascinating character. A mass of contradictions. The Son of a Brahmin, he became the greatest warrior in the whole Universe conquering the Earth, the Heavens. He greatly…
It seems to be open season on formulating legislation… Everyone and his idiot cousin has gotten onto the bandwagon. And, underlying this desire to legislate to solve India’s problems lies a deeply fascist thought -” I know better than you. I care…
…..for a newspaper yaar, how do you spell teachers … I know you are the Times of India – the worlds most read news paper and all that … would it be too much effort to get the basics right ??…
My column in today’s DNA Pakistan fighting terror was a bit like a bunch of ladies of tradable virtue endorsing the need for chastity. It has been a fortnight since a team of American Navy SEALS landed in Abbottabad, smashed into the…
This appeared in the April edition of Pragati. If there is any country in the world that is a poster child for dictatorship, it is Pakistan. Over the last two and half decades at least, Pakistan seems to have been more stable…
At the outset, I apolgise if this sounds like a tale of a spat in a kindergarten playground. It was one of those kind of days. Morning was spent at the university looking at some terrible answer papers “radio is an…
From my column in today’s DNA – “ “Read WikiLeaks, smirk and move on” Tortuous Convolvulus is one of the most fascinating comic book characters. He appears in Asterix and the Roman Agent. Tortuous Convolvulus is a troublemaker par excellence — he…